The latest rumours concerning the unannounced GeForce RTX 5050 9GB describe the graphics card as either indefinitely paused or outright scrapped. Given the recent relaunch of RTX 3060 12GB, such a decision would come as no surprise to gamers who have been starved of new GPU releases of late.
Hardware leaker MegaSizeGPU shared the RTX 5050 9GB specs back in March, claiming Nvidia planned to refresh the budget card with a trio of 3GB GDDR7 memory modules on a 96-bit bus. However, come April, the graphics card apparently suffered a delay with an RTX 3060 12GB relaunch tagged in to plug the gap.
I think it's canceled. Or permanently delayed. They reissued the 3060 12G for the same segment, so the 5050 9G will be meaningless for a while.
— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) June 26, 2026
Until recently, all’s been quiet on the RTX 5050 9GB rumour front. Pressed about the current status of the graphics card on X, MegaSizeGPU didn’t have concrete answers. Instead, the leaker suggests Nvidia has either cancelled the refresh completely or placed the card in launch limbo with a practically permanent delay.
The recent reissue of RTX 3060 12GB is the likely cause for the RTX 5050 9GB effectively disappearing from Nvidia’s release calendar as they cater to the same target audience. That relaunch hit store shelves earlier this month, for a head scratching €333, making the graphics card debut at a higher price point than both the RTX 5050 8GB and RTX 5060.
Should the RTX 5050 9GB never materialise as a purchasable product, it’s hard to feel like that would amount to any great loss. While more VRAM is always welcome, respectively increasing capacity and bandwidth by a paltry 1GB and 16GB/s would hardly transform performance on what would have remained a low-end solution.
For more graphics card chatter, check out our Radeon RX 9070 GRE review for the word on the latest pixel pusher to hit the scene. Don’t forget to check out our best GPU guide too for a full suite of recommendations across the price spectrum.
